Jürgen Habermas is perhaps the most influential and widely cited
German philosopher and social theorist of his generation. His work
centres upon the construction and defence of what he calls the
theory of communicative action. This theory is a fundamental
exploration of the organisation of advanced capitalist societies.
In developing this theory Habermas has written on such theoretical
and philosophical issues as the methods and scope of the social,
historical and natural sciences; the nature of human agency and
human subjectivity; the philosophy of language; and moral
philosophy. This theorisation is grounded in an impressive command
of the major traditions of social theory and sociology, as well as
of German and Anglo-Saxon …

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